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Iran: deadly crush during funeral for Gen Qassem Suleimani - latest updates
Cyprus rape case: British teenager given suspended sentence
China mystery illness: travellers checked as officials fear lunar new year could spread bug
Kangaroo Island bushfires: grave fears for unique wildlife after estimated 25,000 koalas killed
Facebook bans 'deepfake' videos in run-up to US election
Spain's acting PM seeks backing to form coalition in second vote
'This is war': actor Yael Stone gives up US green card and will now live in Australia to fight climate change
Labour leadership: Long Bailey adopts pro-immigration stance in first campaign interview - live news
Japan issues arrest warrant for Carlos Ghosn's wife
Baftas 2020: Joker leads pack with 11 nominations
Visual guide: how Australia’s bushfires are raging across the country
Teenager admits killing PC Andrew Harper
Germany cuts troop numbers in Iraq after Suleimani killing
Surgery by torchlight: hospitals in Nigeria suffer losing power – and staff
The Oakland women who took over a vacant lot to house the homeless
Steep rise in civilians killed or injured in Libya by explosive weaponry
Uganda's pop star MP Bobi Wine arrested as police break up rally
Qassem Suleimani's daughter warns US of 'dark days' ahead - video
Masked mob storms top Delhi university, injuring staff and students – video
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei weeps at funeral of Qassem Suleimani – video

Iran: deadly crush during funeral for Gen Qassem Suleimani - latest updates

Posted: 07 Jan 2020 03:00 AM PST

Mourners are crushed in city of Kerman during procession for general killed by US drone strike

10.53am GMT

Germany is reducing its troop numbers in Iraq for security reasons after the US killing of Suleimani.

It is the first coalition withdrawal since the Iraqi parliament voted on Sunday to call for the withdrawal of US forces from the country. The non-binding resolution has prompted a chaotic response from US officials.

10.50am GMT

A senior Iranian official said Tehran is considering 13 scenarios to avenge Suleimani's killing, according to the state-backed Fars news agency.

Top Security Official: Iran Has 13 Scenario to Avenge Gen. Soleimani's Assassination, Even Weakest One Is Historical Nightmare for US pic.twitter.com/2EMNEaNkl4

Cyprus rape case: British teenager given suspended sentence

Posted: 07 Jan 2020 02:32 AM PST

Nineteen-year-old woman convicted of lying will not go to prison and can return to UK

A British teenager who was convicted of lying about being gang-raped has been sentenced to four months in prison, suspended for three years. She was also fined €140 (£119) but is free to return home.

The 19-year-old student, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was ruled to have "wilfully indulged in public mischief" by claiming she was raped by a group of male Israeli tourists while on holiday in Ayia Napa last July.

China mystery illness: travellers checked as officials fear lunar new year could spread bug

Posted: 06 Jan 2020 10:34 PM PST

Pneumonia-like illness in Wuhan is unclear in origin, with officials racing to contain outbreak before people travel for new year

China has been battling what may be a new strain of pneumonia after 59 people contracted a mysterious respiratory illness in central China, prompting fears of another Sars outbreak.

Health officials are worried about the upcoming Spring Festival in late January, when China celebrates lunar new year and millions of people will be travelling across the country to go home. Authorities have warned citizens to be on the lookout for symptoms like fever, difficulty breathing or body ache.

Kangaroo Island bushfires: grave fears for unique wildlife after estimated 25,000 koalas killed

Posted: 06 Jan 2020 07:49 PM PST

Greatest concerns for endangered Kangaroo Island dunnart and glossy black-cockatoo after third of island burned

Ecologists have grave concerns for the future of unique and endangered wildlife on Kangaroo Island where bushfires have killed thousands of koalas.

Fires on the island, in South Australia, have so far burned through 155,000 hectares – about one third of the island's entire area – with blazes concentrated in the biodiversity-rich western areas.

Facebook bans 'deepfake' videos in run-up to US election

Posted: 07 Jan 2020 01:48 AM PST

Critics say policy does not cover 'shallow fakes' – videos made using conventional editing tools

Facebook has announced a new policy banning AI-manipulated "deepfake" videos that are likely to mislead viewers into thinking someone "said words that they did not actually say", as the social network prepares for the 2020 US election.

But the policy explicitly covers only misinformation produced using AI, meaning "shallow fakes" – videos made using conventional editing tools – though frequently just as misleading, are still allowed on the platform.

Spain's acting PM seeks backing to form coalition in second vote

Posted: 07 Jan 2020 02:00 AM PST

Pedro Sánchez will return to parliament hoping to end nine months of political deadlock

Spain's acting prime minister will return to parliament to seek its backing to form a coalition government and bring an end to nine months of political deadlock triggered by two inconclusive general elections.

Pedro Sánchez, whose Spanish Socialist Workers' party (PSOE) finished first in both elections but fell well short of a majority on each occasion, has agreed a governing pact with the far-left, anti-austerity Unidas Podemos alliance.

'This is war': actor Yael Stone gives up US green card and will now live in Australia to fight climate change

Posted: 06 Jan 2020 09:34 PM PST

Orange is the New Black star says the air travel needed for a life in two continents is 'environmentally unjust'

The Australian actor Yael Stone has vowed to give up her green card, which allows her to work in the United States, as a "personal sacrifice" aimed at reducing carbon emissions in what she called the "climate war".

In a video posted to Twitter on Tuesday and Instagram on Sunday, the actor and star of Netflix's Orange is the New Black said she came to the decision to give up her green card "after a long, considered process".

Labour leadership: Long Bailey adopts pro-immigration stance in first campaign interview - live news

Posted: 07 Jan 2020 02:58 AM PST

Rolling coverage of the day's political developments as they happen

10.58am GMT

Ian Murray, the only Labour MP in Scotland, has confirmed that he is standing to be Labour's deputy leader. In a statement he said:

The next leadership team must turn us into an election-winning machine that uses the skills and talents of all our members and supporters to succeed.

To win again we will need to beat the odds, and I know how to win by building broad coalitions of support.

We must listen to what the public are telling us and change to win. That's why I've put myself forward for Deputy Leader of @UKLabour. https://t.co/o5hYla639j

LISTEN: I'm standing for Deputy Leader of the Labour Party because I never again want to feel like I did at 10pm on the night of the General Election.

We need to learn the lessons from defeat if we want to win power and change lives again. pic.twitter.com/qojt2tKAWE

10.45am GMT

Dominic Raab, the foreign secretary, is travelling to Brussels today for talks with his European counterparts on the situation in the Middle East following the death of Qassem Suleimani and the escalating conflict in Libya, the Foreign Office has confirmed. As the Press Association reports, Raab will have a bilateral meeting with the French foreign minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, before they join their German and Italian counterparts and the EU high representative for talks on Libya.

The so-called "E3" – Britain, France and Germany – will then meet to discuss the tensions between the US and Iran, with all three pushing for de-escalation, a Foreign Office spokesman said.

Japan issues arrest warrant for Carlos Ghosn's wife

Posted: 07 Jan 2020 01:14 AM PST

Carole Ghosn accused of perjury, as Nissan says it will pursue former chairman who fled to Lebanon

Prosecutors in Japan have issued an arrest warrant for the wife of Carlos Ghosn for alleged perjury, as Nissan vowed to pursue its former chairman over his "serious misconduct" while head of the carmaker.

Tokyo prosecutors' special investigation squad said Carole Ghosn – a vocal supporter of her husband during his long detention in Japan – was suspected of making a false statement during testimony to the Tokyo district court last April, according to Kyodo news agency. Details of the allegation were not immediately available.

Baftas 2020: Joker leads pack with 11 nominations

Posted: 06 Jan 2020 11:59 PM PST

Supervillain story frontrunner for British film awards, with The Irishman and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood just behind

•Peter Bradshaw: Colossally overrated Joker beneficiary of Bafta awards groupthink

•Full list of nominations

Todd Phillips' controversial superhero origin story Joker was given a huge nod of approval by Bafta as it led this year's pack with 11 nominations, including best director, best film and a best actor nod for Joaquin Phoenix.

Quentin Tarantino's Once Upon a Time in Hollywood and Martin Scorsese's The Irishman were its closest contenders with 10 nominations each, but Phillips' film, which was heavily criticised on its release for its nihilistic worldview, was the surprise package despite winning only a couple of Golden Globes on Sunday.

Visual guide: how Australia’s bushfires are raging across the country

Posted: 07 Jan 2020 01:46 AM PST

Bushfires have swept large parts of Australia since October, leaving more than 20 people dead, destroying thousands of homes and devastating wildlife.

Unprecedented bushfires continue to ravage south-east Australia, with at least 24 people confirmed dead so far and almost 2,000 homes destroyed.

Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes in New South Wales and Victoria, in some cases only with help from the Australian navy.

Teenager admits killing PC Andrew Harper

Posted: 07 Jan 2020 02:40 AM PST

Henry Long, 18, denies murdering officer who died after being hit by a van but admits manslaughter

A teenager has admitted killing a Thames Valley police officer.

Newlywed Andrew Harper, 28, died from multiple injuries after being dragged under a van on 15 August last year. The Thames Valley police officer had been on duty when he was killed near the village of Sulhamstead in Berkshire.

Germany cuts troop numbers in Iraq after Suleimani killing

Posted: 07 Jan 2020 02:35 AM PST

Decision follows call by Iraqi parliament for withdrawal of US forces

Germany is reducing its troop numbers in Iraq for security reasons after the death of the Iranian general Qassem Suleimani in a US drone strike in Baghdad last week.

Surgery by torchlight: hospitals in Nigeria suffer losing power – and staff

Posted: 06 Jan 2020 11:00 PM PST

As a failing electric grid further burdens the creaking health system, doctors continue to seek opportunities abroad

The waiting rooms at the Ifako Ijaiye hospital in Lagos are overcrowded with patients waiting to see doctors. Often people have to stand outside.

"It is now like this every day. We have to come early and pick numbers before we can meet the doctors. Even though the doctors try to see everybody, it has got worse," says Oluchi Ezegbo, a market trader from Okearo, in nearby Ogun state.

The Oakland women who took over a vacant lot to house the homeless

Posted: 07 Jan 2020 03:00 AM PST

As homeless encampments continue to get shut down or swept up, some local lawmakers are looking at the 37MLK camp as a model

A miniature white picket fence lines the entryway into the homeless encampment of 37MLK in Oakland, where tents sit in neat rows, fairy lights glow overhead and chickens cluck around the grounds.

At least four homeless encampments sit along the mile of boulevard leading up to 37MLK from the city's downtown, but where the other camps are shrouded in darkness after sunset, lawn lanterns provide light along paths at 37MLK. Whorls of decorative fake ivy dangle over the chain-link fence, mixing in with potted plants and splashes of art, adding beauty to the ugliest of situations. "Welcome to our home," read a small paper heart near the entrance, before the winter rains washed it away.

Steep rise in civilians killed or injured in Libya by explosive weaponry

Posted: 06 Jan 2020 10:00 PM PST

Data showing downward global trend in explosive harm comes amid fears over rising violence and threat of war in Middle East

Civilians killed or injured in Libya by explosive weapons rose by 131% last year, with the number of incidents at its highest since 2011, the year of the Benghazi uprising, according to new data seen by the Guardian.

Most of the 900 people who died or were hurt in explosions in the country in 2019, up from 392 in 2018, were victims of airstrikes, according to statistics from Action on Armed Violence (AOAV), a charity based in London.

Uganda's pop star MP Bobi Wine arrested as police break up rally

Posted: 06 Jan 2020 06:21 AM PST

Gunfire also heard as he tried to hold gathering for 2021 presidential bid

Ugandan police have arrested Bobi Wine and fired teargas at his supporters as the pop star turned politician tried to hold a rally for his 2021 presidential bid.

Wine and his People Power pressure group had aimed to start a programme of consultations with supporters on his plans to challenge Yoweri Museveni, 75, who has ruled Uganda since 1986.

Qassem Suleimani's daughter warns US of 'dark days' ahead - video

Posted: 06 Jan 2020 11:07 AM PST

The daughter of the late Iranian general warned the United States it faces dark days ahead, speaking at her father's funeral on Monday. Zeinab Suleimani vowed retribution in an address broadcast on state television. She also described US president Donald Trump as 'crazy', and said that her father's death had led to a great awakening of popular consciousness in Iran

Masked mob storms top Delhi university, injuring staff and students – video

Posted: 06 Jan 2020 10:22 AM PST

Students have protested in cities across India after a masked mob attacked students and teachers with weapons including sledgehammers, iron rods and bricks, injuring more than 30 people. Opposition parties and injured students blamed Sunday night's violence on a student organisation linked to Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata party, which has increasingly targeted the institution

Students protest across India after attack at top Delhi university

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei weeps at funeral of Qassem Suleimani – video

Posted: 06 Jan 2020 02:18 AM PST

Iran's supreme leader wept as he led prayers in Tehran at the funeral of Qassem Suleimani, the general killed by a US drone strike last week. Mourners, which state media said numbered in the millions, chanted 'death to America'. Donald Trump has defended his threat to target Iranian cultural sites – widely seen as a war crime – if Tehran retaliates for the killing

Huge crowds led by weeping supreme leader mourn Suleimani in Iran

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